On July 15, 2010, Democrat Charles Rangle introduced a piece of legislation into Congress that would basically reinstate the draft (compulsory military service). H.R. 5741 will give the President of the United States the power to require all American citizens between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform either military service or civilian service in the interests of "national defense and homeland security." It would also give him the power to require citizens to join the military during wartime to meet the manpower needs of the military.
In February 2009, President Barack Obama asked Congress to send him a bipartisan bill in favor of "national service." Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel outline a plan similar to H.R. 5741 in his book The Plan.
Under this new legislation, nearly every American will be forced into two years of military or security service. Even conscientious objectors will be unable to avoid this new draft. Instead, they would have to choose noncombatant or civilian service, which will be defined by the President.
This bill is currently being debated in the House Committee on Armed Services chaired by Rep Ike Skelton.
Infowars.com, a website run by known government critic Alex Jones, has called this bill the "slavery bill." Slavery is the best word for this. The "hope and change" the "Democratic" Party is bringing the US and the world is, in reality, a change back to the days of the draft and, well, slavery. We can rest assured that there will be Republicans on the political scene that will support the slavery bill in order to further their imperialist, warmongering agendas. One can't help but wonder what kind of international chaos the American government plans to start in the next few years. Why would it need conscription like this if it isn't planning on starting another major war?
Declare war on the new draft before it sends you to the front lines!
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Rangle was caught massively cheating on his taxes.
I support a draft for every freeloading scumbag in government to forfeit their entire estate to pay for the war and for them to be sent to the front line until the war is over.
Let's do this: if the capitalist bosses who send us to war want war, then THEIR children/nieces/nephews/relatives between 18-30 should be drafted FIRST. Of course, this will never happen, due in part to the fact that they have the means to flee the US and go to Monaco or wherever. But FUCK THE DRAFT. If this goes through I swear the population of Canada will triple.
I read a lot of the bill. This is not a draft as you know it. It is a forced induction into Obama's "civilian army", and the victims of the bill are subject not to acts of Congress, but to the whims and fancies of "the president".
This is a very dangerous thing.
Read it for yourself:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-5741
Rangel has done several times in the last 10 years. It is merely symbolic. It has no chance of passing, and he knows it. He's just trying to make a point, or something.
If Congress really were serious about bringing back the draft, I could find some positive element to it. First of all, if more families knew that their children may very well be drafted into war, they would do a lot more to fight against imperialist wars and invasions. It could result in a much more powerful anti-war/anti-imperialist movement, meaning it would pretty much backfire for people who really do want a draft to strengthen the military for future invasions.
But I have to agree that I'd be totally against the draft if it were to come back and be taken seriously. Luckily, I have a few medical conditions (albeit, all of them mild) I could bring up as a way to weasel myself out of the draft, but that would do absolutely nothing to relieve others of being drafted.
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